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I don’t think I qualify as mid-forties anymore and at a little over 20st I figure I should probably make a bit more effort to make it into my fifties. Having tried dieting/exercising in the past with limited success, I have decided to make public my intention this time (obviously anonymously, under an assumed name). Maybe It’ll spur me on to greatness ...or better still ...smallness.
I have had some success with Weightwatchers online in the past, so I am again signed up with them. It’s a good system where they give everything a points value and so long as you don’t exceed your daily allowance (too often), at the end of the week you can strut around like a pious cockerel, posing in mirrors and looking down your nose at anyone who is enjoying a small epicurean treat.
I currently get 34 points a day, to do with as I choose. Then I can make judgements about the points value of different foods throughout the day, e.g. bowl of bran flakes, banana, sultanas and skimmed milk = 6 points OR 3 tins of Stella = 6 points ...it’s before noon, so I think I’ll have the bran flakes for breakfast today.
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